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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
WELAkA FACTS.


Railroad News and other Live Matters
PertinentIy Noted.
Correspondence Of the Palettka Nesrs.
WELAKA, May %.
We understand that there will be a
change among the incorporators of the
Welaka, Palatka and Spring Grove Rail-
road. This will involve new applica-
ton for charter but will not necessarily
interfere with the immediate commence
ment of work ON the road. We also
understand, however, that the canvass
and that much still depends upon the
liberaIity of those who will eventually
be benefited by the advent of the in
creased transportation facilities.
We hear that fruit growers associa-
ton will shortly be on foot ON the Fruit
land Peninsula. 1t is to be hoped that
this is fact as there is nothing of which
we stand in more urgent need, both as
protection for the fruit and vegetable
growers against the depredations of the
commission men, and, consequently, as
an inducement to settlers who hope To
live by their productions
There can be no doubt but that should
every individual ON the peninsula. in
terested in fruit and vegetable culture
and the advancement of our county and
State join this association, it will be
strong and influential body, and prove
the thin edge of that wedge which will
force open the bars which have pre-
vented agriculturalists from the full prof
its of their toll, and men of sense and,
capital from settling in a country which
is a rookery for every unprincipled mid
dleman i'm our Northern towns, but 9TH
erwise so lavishly endowed by nature as
to make it one of her most lovely and
productive of gardens.
The Welaka Base Ball Club has been
recognized. At general meeting on
Tuesday evening the following officers
We're appointed: President. John Dali
low: Manager. G. 5. Stephens; Captain
\. Gresham: Secretary and Treasurer,
f. L. Stephens Committee of Manage
ment, Messrs. Stephens, Russell and But
Ter. The club has already upwards of
thirty members, and with such a relia-
ble body of officers it is to be hoped they
will give a push to the game of base ball
all over the peninsula. Sport is an ele-
ment which is necessary in the exis-
tence of every honest man, it strengthens
muscles and ambition, purifies the blood,
and opens the lungs and heart.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

ing rapidly transformed into orange
groves, peach and fig orchards and veg
etable gardens II the people appeared
to Mr.. Kelley in 1875 to lack energy they
do not so appear now. He speaks of
their energy and enterprise in enthusiast
tic terms, and says that they have a very
full realization of the advantages they
enjoy. He concludes thus: '.Why, in
view of F1orida's immense and infinitely
varied resources, may not part with my
object in terms of glowing congratula-
ton and assurance to the State and her
people that a career of unbroken and
increasing prosperity awaits her and
her rapidly augmenting population
There is one thing to which Mr.. Kelley
calls attention in his article that ought
to attract great attention in Florida. 1t
is the possibility of the profitable culture
of silk there. The mulberry tree, on
which the silkworm feeds, is Indigenous
to every part Of the State, and the eli
mate is all that could be desired. Mr..
in a comparatively short time be made
to add millions of dollars annually to the
wealth of the State.
OF course Mr.. Kelley has something To
say about protection. That is his hobby.
He introduces it on all occasions and has
talked about it so much that he has come
to believe that the country couldn't get
along without it. However, he will not
succeed to any great extent in making
Floridians believe that their prosperity is
daDendent upon it.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

Cremation continues to win votaries
and subjects" although not at rapid
rate, unless the believers i'm the system
are exceptionally long-lived. From De-
cember, 1885, down to the end of last
March. says an exchange which has Ia
ken the trouble to gatherup the statistics,
the crematory at Fresh Pond, Long Is
land, incinerated exactly 100 bodies,
thirty-three of which were those of
women. Precisely half the entire num-
Der were natives of Germany, the United
States comes next with eighteen males
and fourteen females; then the fig
ures taper off with France six.
England five, Austria two. and
one apiece for Scotland, Ireland, India,
Hungary and Switzerland. At Lancas-
ter, Pa, fifty-seven bodies have been
cremated; at Washington, Pa, thirty
seven; At Pittsburg. Pa, (by natural
gas), eighteen, and at Buffalo, y. V,
eleven. To some persons these statistics
may seem rather CHASTITY; vet, after all,
they are not a whit more shocking than
the reports of cemeteries. Besides we
incinerate more citizens yearly in defec-
lively built houses than in all the ere
matories yet organized.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

We have not had the pleasure of read
ing the much talked of letters of Hon.
w. ID. Kelley, giving his impressions of
the South, but from the following edi-
torial taken from yesterdays Savannah
Ne,rs, we judge them quite compli-
mentery and interesting. The News
says:
Hon. William ID. Kelley. of Pennsyl-
vania, has spent "a good deal of his time
since the adjournment of Congress in
the South. He has made quite a
thorough investigation of the South's
agricultural, mineral and timber re-
sources, and has embodied his conclus-
ions in a series of articles which are to
be published in the Manufacturers
Record, of Baltimore. The, first of the
series deals with the past. present and
future of Florida.
Mr.. Kelley visited Florida in 1875, and
he draws a comparison between what he
saw then and what he saw during his
recent visit to the State. The change
which has taken place within the twelve
years between his first and second visit,
he regards as little less than marvellous.
In 1915 the people, he says, displayed
very little energy and not much enter
prise. They did not seem disposed to
utilize their immense timber resources,
and apparently had little idea of the pos
sibilities of their soil. They cultivated
sweet potatoes extensively and depended
largely upon their winter visitors for
what cash they needed.
This picture of the condition of affairs
in 1875 is, of course, exaggerated, but
doubtless parts of the State Mr.. Kelly
saw made the impression upon him
which the picture indicates. Ii was diff
ficult to travel about the State because
there were only 4S4 miles of railroad.
Only ten years had elapsed since the
close of the war, and the State had only
begun to recover from the poverty
which it had caused. In fact, when the
war ended the State had only a popula-
ton of lis, 900, and 416 miles of railroad.
The people and the railroads We're bank
rupt.
For the first ten years what the people
were doing was not apparent TO the visi-
tor. They were, however, laying the
foundation of the prosperity which came
to them in the next ten years. This,
Mr.. Kelley did not see, and he, there
fore, makes the mistake of thinking that
they We're doing nothing.
1t is probably true. as he says, that
the sale of 4,00O. 900 acres of land to
Hamilton Disston gave the State an inn
lnense boost towards prosperity. The
81 900 900 which was received for the
land cancelled bonds which the State
had guaranteed, and put new life into
railroad enterprises. Railroad buildings
was begun at once, and was prosecuted
with such vigor that in 1886 there were
1900 miles of road. What the number
OF miles is now MIR. Kelly does not say.
but 1t cannot be far from 2 800 miles.
With the opening of new railroads
towns sprang up and population poured
IN. South Florida, which few years
ago was almost wilderness, is now be-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29


hequestion is often asked and often an
swered in the negative, Does raising
Oranges pay: Probably in some sec
tons where extensive fertilizing and low
prices prevail the ''income" will not
make the owner millionaire. Captain
L. l.. Rodgers ON his house lot has sew
enty-six trees. or about three-fourths of
an acre: the trees are sour stumps bud
ded, ON an average seven years old, the
fruit on which brought him in 1916. OF
course it was good fruit and he got good
prices. This Is not an ''orange story to
boom the Halifax orange lands, but an
actual fact, as can be vouched for by the
returns from the Fruit Exchange now in
the Captains possession. III any of the
so-called orange belts of the State can
beat this we would like to hear from
them. This makes the returns for an
acre of land. 81 ,05s.41. Some of the
fruit Sd. 80 per box.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

Congressman McAdoo, of New Jersey,
well known as personal and political
friend of Mr. Randall, has been talking
about political prospects. He says that
Mr. Randall will not be "a candidate for
Speaker of the House, and Mr.. Carlisle
will be reelected; that the tariff can be
reduced if the Speaker will form the
WAYS and Means committee by the ex-
clusion of extremists on both sides;
that there will probably be one hundred
amendments offered to the Interstate
Commerce Act, and he expects that the
commission feature will be repealed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
An Inducement to Early Marriage.


Constance is very young, but she is
also better worth quoting than most
grown people. Her envy was somewhat
aroused by the fact that a wedding was
about to take place in the family of her
little playmate, and that the playmate
thereby had the advantage of her: so
she remarked very complacently to her
little friends mammal:
Mrs -, did you know that | was
engaged to be married.
Why, no. COMFY. Is that soE'
Yes, ma am; I'm engaged to Fritz
Ward; (small boy OF her acquaintance. }
He doesn't know it, but I've got to ex-
plain it to him."
Well, COMFY, do you expect to be
married SOON"
We'll, hope so. The fact is. I'm
tired of being spanked. and think Wen
be married very SOON
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

NhltugO HeraId-
See that $500 mirror? See that 81 200
oil painting ON the walI:'' The double
barreled question came from a bartender
DO you know how we get those things:''
he continued ''All from the profits on
the sale of whisky. You never stopped
to think that a saloon keepers big money
came from the sale of rye and bourbon.
Beer won't buy a $500 mirror Do YOU
suppose the profits on porter or sherry.
or champagne would buy a 81 200 paint
ing. Not much It's whisky that
brings IN the money-rather one year old
red eye, with enough prune juice in it
to give it the color and smoothness of
age. WHISKY is the saloon keepers best
friend
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
A MisinterpretatiOn OF the Law.
Uniontown Genius of Liberty


A few years ago an Old-fashlOned
Squire in a neighboring village was
called upon to go to farmers house to
perform marriage ceremony for a very
old-fashioned couple, well advanced in
years, especially the bridegroom. After
travelling on foot. over mills and dales in
the night time. the house was reached
and the ceremony performed. The pO-
lite old bridegroom asked the Squire his
charge, and, after n brief pause. was an
swered: We'll, believe the law allows
me $3.50" The hand of the now happy
bridegroom was quickly put in his
pocket and half dollar brought forth,
with the remark: Here is a half dol
lar more: with what the law allows you
this will make you 3d." The young man
who accompanied the Squire was
charged not to tell it, but the story was
too good to keep.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

Jay Gould might be called the barone-
ter of national prosperity. Watch him
and his actions and you will get quite a
good idea of the probabilities in the COM
mercial and railroad universe. When
you observe that he is contracting his
undertakings. concentrating and con-
densing his enterprises and drawing in
his horns. to use a figure of speech. look
out for stormy weather in the world of
commerce, railroads and finance. He
always islands from under when
things become overcast and before other
people can even see a cloud. But when,
as at present. YOU see Gould buying and
building railroads, expanding his vast
interests and enterprises and bringing
all his enormous wealth into activity,
then you may safely predict bright sunny
weather i'm the financial and railroad
world
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

General George A. Sheridan relates
this story. which he picked up i'm New
Orleans. A delegation of citizens of that
place visited President Lincoln to beg
him to remove General Butler from COM
mand there. The President listened
while they presented their thousand and
one grievances and then said: well,
gentlemen, much as you dislike General
Butler, at least he has done one good
thing for you, for by his wise sanitary
regulations he has kept the yellow fever
out" One of the delegates, CREOLE,
skipped before the President and replied
excitedly: Pardon, mistah President.
pardon: it was not Butler vat keep ze
fevaire away from re city; it was God.
He still have little mercy for our poor
people. He do not send Ben Butler and
re yellow fevaire re same season: no
saire." The President laughed heartily,
but all the same General Butler was
still kept in command.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

There is refreshing vigor about tine
administration of justice in Mexico.
just one week after the wrecking OF a
train the perpetrators had been arrested.
tried, convicted and shot. Such expedi-
ton may not be profitable for the lawyers,
but it insures the punishment of crime be-
fore it has been forgotten by the public,
thus serving most effectually one of the
aims of punishment.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
1T Was No Hog.


There is an Italian in this city who
weighs about 260 pounds and is the
champion beer drInker i'm this section.
Last night he drank IL schooners and 5
small glasses of beer, and offered to
drink a key in one day if any one would
pay for it. When asked if he was not
afraid of getting beastly drunk, he re-
Piled: mo, a man can't get drunk on
beer unless he makes hog of himself :"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
Commendable Anti-Poyerty Societies.

tIfICIUflit IImt~-~taf tRpp.l
Here in Cincinnati we have more than
BOO Anti-Poverty Societies. only we call
them Building Associations The beauty
of them is that they have been tried for
many years and are known to work sue
cessfully, while the future of any new
organization that is hampered by George
and Mctilynn theories is. at the best. ex-
ceedingly doubtful Our Cincinnati
Anti-Societies' principles are as old as
the Pyramids, and they will last for ages
after Henry George shall have been for
gotten.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
Fun for Big Scalper.


Our friend .'Old Nat" Walker, of the
Wakulla Times. has received an appoint
ment to lucrative position at some In
dian Agency with jaw-breaking name)
way out West, and has been ordered to
report for duty Mt once. Mat had better
have his hair cut very short, for the red
skins don't want any better picnic than
to Grove in the ambrosial locks" which
heretofore adornep his classic brow.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
PALATKA. FLA. MAY 20. 1887.

Ex-Speaker j. Warren Keifer is again
figuring in the public prints. At Spring
field, o., the other night, his residence
was burglarized and much family silver
plate was taken. 1t is noticeable that
whenever the ex-Speaker's name APP
pears it is in connection with something
unDleasant
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

A prominent Partisan journalist has
been wounded in duel with the hus-
band of Mime. Jane Hading, the actress,
over a quarrel in which the lady's good
name was involved. Although Mime.
Hading is already recognized as great
actress, the occurrence will undoubtedly
go to confirm her reputation for emf
nence in her profession.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

The satisfaction of feeling safe from
catching any disease from drinking wa
ter, from impure air, from a sick person,
from contact with foul clothing. infec-
ton or contagion from any source, Is
complete and all anxiety allayed by the
use of Darbys Prophylactic Fluid. A bot
tile will give more safety, comfort and
confidence than all the doctoring in the
world
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29

Our Washington correspondent sug-
gests a new Democraticnominee for Vice
President in Senator Cockrell of Mis-
souri, Our own impression is, however,
if a Southern man is taken this year his
name will be John q. Carlisle. The war
was ended considerably more than
twenty years ago, and we should now
have reached stage when both parties
ticket
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
A Specimen Of Polite journalism.

a besotted old imbecile at Crystal
River, who assumes to have unbounded
influence with the Governor, has been
writing to him letters defaming the
characters of the recently elected candi-
dates in the county. The old idiot is
guided and controlled by the most UNI
scrupulous old scoundrel i'm the county.
but together they make about as much
impression on the Governor as a mos
quito would on a cows horn.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-29
THE DAILY NEWS

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Ndiress THE NEWS,
PAIATKA FLORIDA.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
After Thirty Years.

ATLANTA, Georgia, August 22.-Jake
Pettijohn, who was sentenced to be hung
thirty years ago in Forsyth county, this
state, and escaped by flight, has just been
arrested in the Indian territory and will
be brought back for execution. In 1858
Clayborn Vaughn was killed in Forsyth
county without quarrel or cause. Five
men were implicated in the killing. Their
names were as follows: Jake Pettijohn,
L. G. McGinniss, Isaac Freeland, William
Brannon and James McGinniss. They
were all indicted and tried for the MUIR
der of Vaughn. The trial came Off in
1860. Pettiiohn. Freeland and L. G. Nc
Ginnis were convicted of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be hanged.
The other three were sent to the peniten-
tiary. Freeland was hanged in 1850; Nc
Ginniss broke jail and was recaptured and
hanged in 1861; Pettiiohn broke Jail when
McGinniss did and has been at large ever
since. The sheriff Of Forsythe has gone
after Pettijohn.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
Home Again.

HELENA, August 21.-Hon. W. c. Chess
man and family have returned from a
two weeks trip to Great Falls and Sand
Coulee. He reports Great Falls as i'm
proving rapidly and says the grading of
the Manitoba will be completed to that
place inside of three weeks. Mr.. Chess
mans new dwelling house on Sixth ave-
nue. is nearly completed and will be ready
for occupancy the first week in Septem-
ber. 1t is a neat two-story brick double
house 42x44 feet in size. Welter & Shat
fer have charge of the construction. When
finished the west part will be occupied by
the family of Superintendent Downs of
the Jay Gould mine. Mr.. Chessman and
family will occupy the east side. AS soon
as Mr.. Chessman gets into his new house,
his old residence Will be torn down to
make room for handsome brick resi-
dence, plans fer which have been prepar-
ed by Hodgson, Stem & Welter and the
construction of which will be in charge of
Mr.. Shatfer. It will be an ornament to
that portion of the city.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
FALLS, MONTANA TERRITORY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST

ell-understood fact that they have the
Granite vein and will need one. The
West Granite is still actively engaged in
prospecting, the outlook being better than
for some time past. The Elizabeth tun-
mel on this ground is in 615 feet; the shaft
on the Rattlesnake is down 1856 feet; the
Butte cross-cut tunnel now has length of
1876 feet. This latter working is conceded
TO be one of the best methods of deter
mining the richness and extent of the
veins on the West Granite mountain. The
San Francisco Consolidated people have
made very rich strike in the west cross
cut, 65 feet from the shaft and about 210
feet from the surface. The chute of ore
Widened from three inches to three feet in
a distance of twenty feet, and assays very
high in silver. The ore carries lead, zinc,
and ruby and native silver. The bond of
$50, 600 will be raised as soon as several of
the prominent ST. Louis stockholders, who
have been here for the past two or three
weeks, arrive in st. Louis. They announce
that they are highly pleased with the
mine, and are confident that in a short
while shey will have bonanza of no
small proportions. The Altoona, situated
ON the contact in the vicinity of the San
Francisco Consolidated, is reported to
have made very rich strike, which in
connection with that of the Frisco will
add considerably to the prosperity of the
burg. These mines are located about a
mile from this place. Prospecting is go
ing on in the mountains, and reports of
new and promising discoveries are of no
rare occurrence.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
Will Come NorthWard.

We stop the press, SO to speak, to as.
sure our esteemed contemporary, the
Great Falls TRIBUNE, that the account we
published, to the effect that montana has
no need for an increase in population if
her populace is to be constituted of the
sort of which the Montana Minneapolis
complains, was contributed by boomer
from away back of that thrifty burg. We
would like to accept the TR1BUNE's invi-
tation to come and see that the people
there are law abiding, but we shrink from
staging it over the Bird Tail divide. We
will look into this matter early in the en-
suing season when the great Manitoba
railway system shall have encompassed
Butte in its ramifications of the Mountain
Territory. In the meantime, we think the
TRIBUNE can preserve the peace of that
prosperous section Of, the territory
Butte Miner.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-08-24
A Fatal Bite.

TOWNSEND, August s3.-[speeial to the
Tribunel- John Thomas, one of the old
est settlers in the Missouri valley, died
Sunday from the effect of rattlesnake
bite. He and companion named
Thomas Thomas were looking for cattle,
each taking different route. As Mr..
Thomas was riding along he noticed a
large rattlesnake near rock, and got off
his horse Intending to kill it. As he
reached down to pick up stone, the snake
bit him on the finger. He then killed
the snake with the stone, cutting it open
and applied the flesh to the wound,
mounted his horse and attempted to reach
Mr.. Tingley's ranch, about mile distant.
When about half way he became sick and
faint from the effects of the poison. He
got of his horse and lay down in the
brush, where he was found dead some
three hours afterwards.